Striping tool



W. A. BIHARY STRIPING TOOL Jan. w, i950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Dec. 29,1945 Jan. 10, 1950 w. A. BIHARY 2,494,160

STRIPING TOOL Filed Dec. 29, 194.5

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l I uve/limi Patented Jan. 10, 1950 v' 'ST-BENQ @901g effwilhle el'ihafrf Application December 29, 13g, serial No. .637,881

Theab'ove andifother'objelcts may'beattained by employing thisinventionwhich embodies among tsjfeatures abase-,adapted'to be locatedby the hub cap receiving opening of the wheel and carrying an extensiblearm I hich rotates about the axis ci thef'b'a'se and concentric to thewheel, which Varrn also rocks about an axis perpendicular to theaxisabout 'which it rotates, a" paint feeding unit carried by -the armand a narrow paint distributing'wheel carriec'l'b'y the paintfeeding'unit. Y'

O ther features include means yielding to urge the arm to contracttoward the axis abontivliich itis'hounted to rotate, and means to extendthe varm against the'nrg'ebi -the "contractingineans whereby concentric"stripes which maybe varied in width as well as diameter may be producedon the outer surface of a wheel disc.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of a striping tool embodying the features ofthis invention,

Figure 2 is a side view in elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View through the stripingtool,

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line4 1?, of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the paint feeding unit and thedistributing wheel,

Figure 6 is a side view in elevation thereof,

Figure 7 is an end View of Figure 6,

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line8 8 of Figure 5, and

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on the line9-9 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail my improved wheel striping devicecomprises a base plate l5 provided on its underside with a concentricdepending flange i6 which is of a size readily to nt Within the hub capreceiving opening of a disc wheel. The collar or flange I6 is inwardlyoiset from the peripheral edge of the base l5 to form a shoulder l'lwhich serves to support the device in position on the wheel. Asillustrated in Figure 2 the plate i5 is of generally convex constructionand mounted axially thereof is an upstanding tubular sleeve or collari8.

as will be readily understood upon reference to Figure 3. As shown theinnermost end of the rod bears against a longitudinally extendingadjusting screw 34 which is threaded into the threadedopeningof thecollar 28 and carries at its outerendaknurled head 35 by means of whichthe screw may be rotated to advance the rod 3| with relation to thesleeve 21 or to permit it to be retracted under the inuence of thespring 33. Secured to the outer end of the rod 3| is an eye 36 into thebore 31 of which opens an internally screw threaded radial bore for thereception of a set screw 38 provided with a knurled head 39 by means ofwhich the screw may be adjusted into or out of the opening 31 for apurpose to be more fully hereinafter explained.

A paint feeding unit designated generally 40 comprises a body 4l formedwith an internally screw threaded socket 42 into which the externallyscrew threaded neck of a paint container 43 is adapted to be received aswill be readily understood upon reference to Figure 8. Fitted in thebody 4i and leading through an opening 44 arranged axially thereof is anipple 45 the outer portion of which is slotted as at 46 to form a pairof upwardly extending ears 41 which are pierced with aligned openings 48for the reception of a pin 49 extending transversely with relation tothe longitudinal axis of the nipple 45 and serving as a support for apaint distributing wheel 5U the periphery of which is knurled to provideperipheral paint distributing recesses. Extending radially from thesocket 42 is a trunnion 5! which is of an external diameter snugly to tthe opening 31 in the eye 36 in order to support the paint feeding unit,the container and the paint distributing wheel in place on the arm 26 asillustrated in Figures 1 and 2. In order to compensate for the off setrelationship between the axis of the arm 26 and the axis of the shaft 49I have found it advantageous to incline the axis of the pin 49 withrelation to the axis of the trunnion 5l in order to secure on thearticle being striped. Y

In use, it will be understood that the base l5 is stripe being placedthereon will overlie or abut the edge of the rst stripe to produce astripe of greater width according to the desires of the user. Obviouslystripes of various different widths may readily be achieved bymanipulating the screw 34 to slide the eye 36 inwardly or outwardly withrelation to the axis of the base I5. What I claim is:

A wheel striping tool comprising a base, a circular tiange dependingfrom the base, said flange being adapted to be located in the hub capreceiving opening of a. disc wheel, a tubular body ,v mounted on thebase to rotate about the axis of proper tracking of the paintdistributing Wheel'v the iiange and to rock about an axis whichintersects and lies perpendicular to the axis about seated on the outerside of the Wheel to be striped Y as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 withthe ange I1 engaging the wheel in the immediate vicinity of the openingthrough which the hub cap enters and the collar i6 seated in saidopening. By thus locating the tool with relation to the wheel, the eye36 may be rotated concentrically about the axis of the base l5 and whenthe parts are thus assembled and the paint feeding unit mounted in theeye 38 with the trunnion 5l extending through the opening 3l and lockedtherein by means of the set screw 38 it will be obvious that uponswinging the arm 26 about the axis of the base I5 paint flowing downthrough the opening in the nipple 45 will contact the knurled edge ofthe wheel 50 and be distributed thereby onto the outer surface of thedisc wheel to be striped. By rotating the screw 34 it will be evidentthat the rod 3l may be moved outwardly against the com# pression of thespring 33 so that the striping may be in the form of a plurality ofseparate concentric circles or should a wider stripe be desired thescrew 34 is adjusted to produce the first stripe after which it may beturned inwardly or outwardly so that upon a second revolution of the arm26 about the axis of the base l5 the wheel 5|] may be made to moveconcentrically with the iirst stripe in such a manner that the next endof the tubular body, a paint feeding and distributing unit carried bythe end of the rod remote from that which enters the sleeve, acompression spring surrounding the rod yieldingly to urge it totelescope into the sleeve and a screw threaded into the end of thesleeve remote from that entered by the rod for engaging the end of therod to hold it against movement under the effort of the spring.

WILLIAM A. BIHARY.

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